Hamper.



O. L. BARTLETT.

HAMPER.

APPLICAUON FILED MAR.29| I915.

Patented July 11, 1916.

OSCAR L. BARTLETT, 0F MOUND CITY, ILLINOIS.

HAIVIPEB.

Application filed March 29, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR L. BARTLETT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mound City, in the county of Pulaski and State of Illinois,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hampers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention may be termed a trunk or lidless hamper, consisting oftwo separate hampers without the usual cover, the

tops of the hampers interlocking for carriage purposes, both hampersbeing filled through the bottom of the upper one, and sealed byreplacing the bottom, the bottoms of the two hampers when joined forshipment practically forming end members.

In manufacturing hampers of the usual type the wooden lid for the largerend usually makes up one fourth of the total cost of the hamper, andwith my device this cost is entirely avoided, and I also save inhandling and packing as two hampers are filled and handled at the sametime.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the twohampers united. Fig. 2 is a detail vertical section, showing the mannerin which the hampers interlock. Fig. 3 is an end View.

In these drawings I have shown the two hampers constructed of the usualstaves 1 and hoops 2, the hampers having a greater diameter at one endthan at the other. One of these hampers has adjacent its larger end ahoop 3 the staves projecting beyond the hoop, the outer faces of theprojecting portions of the staves being beveled. The other cooperatinghamper has a hoop 4 which projects beyond the ends of the staves, theinner face of the projecting portion of the said hoop being beveled, sothat when the larger ends of the hampers are brought together, the endsof the staves Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July TLTHHW.

Serial No. 17,761.

of one hamper engage those of the other, the beveled staves of onehamper engaging the beveled face of the hoop 4L, and the two hoops alsoengaging. Headed pins 5 are fixed in the hoops 8 and 4.- and wires 6wrapped about said pins lock the two hampers together.

The smaller ends of the hampers are fitted with bottom or end members 7held in place by metal strips 8 nailed to the members 7 and to thesmaller hoops 2. These end members are perforated for passage of a bolt10, the perforations 9 being in the center of the end members, and thebolt, which passes longitudinally through both hampers, is locked by anut 11.

While both locking means are provided the bolt is required only withheavy articles such as potatoes and onions. When the bolt is employedthe wire 6 may be used or omitted as desired. With light articles{ suchare lettuce the bolt may be omitted and the wire 6, or its equivalent,only used. It is of course understood that the upper end member 7 issecured in place after the two hampers are filled through said end.

What I claim is: A packaging devlce comprising two hampers, each hamperhaving staves and exterior hoops, the staves of one hamper projectingbeyond the hoop and having the outer faces of their projecting portionsbeveled, the hoop of the cooperating hamper projecting beyond the stavesand having its inner projecting face beveled to engage the beveledportions of the staves of the other hamper.

OSCAR L. BARTLETT. Witnesses W. A. WALL, Gno. E. MARTIN.

Copies of this patentmay 'be-ohtained. for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

